Kano, Nigeria, Oct 3, 2024 (AFP) - Nigeria boat accident kills 36, over 100 more feared dead: emergency agency

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2024-10-03

At least 36 people have died and 100 more are feared dead after a boat reportedly carrying hundreds of mostly women and children capsized in north-central Nigeria, officials told AFP on Thursday. Following the accident on the River Niger on Tuesday, some 150 of the roughly 300 passengers were rescued and there was now "no possibility" of finding others alive, emergency agency spokesman Ibrahim Audu Husseini told AFP. On Wednesday the emergency ag......

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